Arriving to the city

Planning your journey.

BY AIR
The international airport in Košice is just 6 kilometres south of
the city centre. There are daily flight connections with the Slovak
capital Bratislava. At present, Košice has regular international
air connections with the likes of Prague, Vienna and London.
Airport Košice has a non-stop general aviation service for private
and commercial travellers. For more information about all flights,
visit www.airportkosice.sk or
call the non-stop passenger information line on +421 (0) 55
683 2100.
The airport is connected to the city centre and the main train and
bus stations by public bus number 23 every hour. The bus journey to
the city centre takes around 15 minutes. You can also use a taxi
service to get to the centre.

.BY TRAIN
Train connections from Vienna, Bratislava and Prague will take you
right to Košice city centre. The comfortable journey by EC/IC train
from Prague takes 8 hours, while from Bratislava it is just under 5
hours. If you travel at night, you can use the couchette or
sleeping cars, or take a motorail train. Košice is also linked by
rail to Budapest, with two direct connections – morning and
afternoon, with the journey taking around 3.5 hours. Kiev is
another destination that the city has direct connections with. For
more information, visit www.slovakrail.sk or
www.cp.sk or call the
information line on +421 (0) 18 188.

BY BUS
There are direct bus links from Košice to numerous European
capitals, i.e. Paris, Rotterdam, Brussels, London, Frankfurt,
Berlin, Munich, Zurich, Geneva, Rome, Florence, Venice, Prague and
Vienna. There are several connections daily between Bratislava and
Košice. There is also a direct shuttle bus from Budapest Airport to
Košice, tickets for which can be bought as part of your flight
ticket. For more information, visit www.eurobus.sk or www.cp.sk , or by calling the
information line +421 (0) 972 250 305.

BY CAR
By its position at the north-south crossroads between Poland and
Hungary and the east-west route from Bratislava/Prague to Ukraine,
the city of Košice is easily accessible from every direction. You
can get to Košice from Bratislava along the E50 international
route, most of which is by motorway. From Budapest you can go by
motorway or by the E71/E79 (M1 and M3) expressway. All routes
connect up to the city ring road, from which you can cut off to the
city centre, where you will find easy parking. Parking boxes are
marked on the streets or you can use any of the car parks. Parking
in the centre is charged.

If you need some help, we will happily give you friendly advice
at our Košice Visitor Centre at Hlavná street 59,
on the local info line at +
421 (0) 55 625 8888 or from the e-mail address
visit@visitkosice.eu.